Randy Keho

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The More Things Change the More They Stay the Same (1971/2016)

The More Things Change the More They Stay the Same (1971/2016)

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This is the cover of Mad Magazine from April 1971. You could purchase this irreverent, parody-featuring publication for a mere 35 cents. I discovered it in a box full of Life, Look, and McCall's magazines spanning from the mid-1940s to the late 1960s. I must have stuck in the box for posterity. I found it in my parent's attic.
This issue featured a parody of "West Side Story," retitled, "West Coast Story."  
It updates the gangs in the original musical to the student extremists of the day.
At the time Ronald Reagan was the governor of California.
In response to the extremists taking over various government buildings, he's quoted as saying:
Militia! I'll have to call up the militia! The troops are trained to kill and they could use a drill."
No wonder I turned out like I did.

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#West Side Story #Mad Magazine #April #McCall #Life
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Phil Friedman

7 years ago #1

Broken? What was broken about it? We had Tricky Dick Nixon in the Oval Office and Spiro "Bagman" Agnew accepting payment of old bribe debts in the VP's office. We had a bunch of friggin academic would-be Nazis continuing to stage us through a war of attrition using modern warfare against an essentially dug-in agrarian nation, in an exercise in futility. Broken? You bet. But repairable. But watch what happen if by some cruel twist of fate Trump gets the opportunity to dismantle our fundamental institutions of government because he doesn't understand it care about what has enabled the Republic to endure. Thanks Randy. And give my regards to Alfred E.

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